Christian A. Drevon

Vitamin D – The sunshine vitamin

Vitamin D is both a nutrient we eat and a hormone our bodies make. It is a fat-soluble vitamin only found in a few foods of marked quantities and it is produced in the skin by sun exposure and has long been known to help the body absorb and retain calcium and phosphorus; both are critical for building bone. Laboratory studies has shown that vitamin D can reduce cancer cell growth, help control infections and reduce inflammation. For most people, the best way to get enough vitamin D is taking a supplement because it is hard to get enough via food intake.

Short chain fatty acids (SCFAs) - Friend or foe?

Gut microbiota ferment indigestible dietary fiber to generate SCFAs, mainly acetate, propionate and butyrate. Due to their anti-inflammatory properties, short-chain fatty acids may have a wide range of beneficial effects on your body including chronic diseases like neurodegenerative conditions, obesity, diabetes, immunological conditions, and intestinal disorders. Thus, looking after your friendly gut bacteria can be a good investment.

Fat matters – Lipids and health

Dietary fats (also called lipids) are essential for maintaining good overall health. Fat provides body energy, protects organs, supports cell growth, keeps cholesterol and blood pressure under control, and helps your body absorb vital nutrients. Type of fats and fatty acids in foods, supplements, and in biological samples like blood, can be monitored in several ways. Vitas offers a wide range of analytical methods for lipids and fatty acids. Learn more about fats and different fatty acids in this article.

Individual differences in brain aging: heterogeneity in cortico-hippocampal but not caudate atrophy rates

Diet-induced Weight Loss and Phenotypic Flexibility Among Healthy Overweight Adults: A Randomized Trial

Associations of circulating C-reactive proteins, APOE ε4, and brain markers for Alzheimer's disease in healthy samples across the lifespan

Plasma Metabolic Signatures of Healthy Overweight Subjects Challenged With an Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

Public perceptions of brain health: an international, online cross-sectional survey.

No Association Between Loneliness, Episodic Memory and Hippocampal Volume Change in Young and Healthy Older Adults: A Longitudinal European Multicenter Study

Education and Income Show Heterogeneous Relationships to Lifespan Brain and Cognitive Differences Across European and US Cohorts

Insulin and body mass index decrease serum soluble leptin receptor levels in humans

Genetic regulation of liver lipids in a mouse model of insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis

Plin2 deletion increases cholesteryl ester lipid droplet content and disturbs cholesterol balance in adrenal cortex.

Individual variations in 'brain age' relate to early-life factors more than to longitudinal brain change

Personalised nutrition advice reduces intake of discretionary foods and beverages: findings from the Food4Me randomised controlled trial.

Educational attainment does not influence brain aging

Poor Self-Reported Sleep is Related to Regional Cortical Thinning in Aging but not Memory Decline-Results From the Lifebrain Consortium

Interactions of Carbohydrate Intake and Physical Activity with Regulatory Genes Affecting Glycaemia: A Food4Me Study Analysis

The Global Brain Health Survey: Development of a Multi-Language Survey of Public Views on Brain Health

Self-reported sleep relates to hippocampal atrophy across the adult lifespan: results from the Lifebrain consortium

Are People Ready for Personalized Brain Health? Perspectives of Research Participants in the Lifebrain Consortium

Skeletal muscle phosphatidylcholine and phosphatidylethanolamine respond to exercise and influence insulin sensitivity in men

Enhanced nutrition improves growth and increases blood adiponectin concentrations in very low birth weight infants

Exploring the association of diary product intake with the fatty acids C15:0 and C17:0 measured from dried blood spots in a multi-population cohort: findings from the Food4Me study

Enhanced feeding and diminished postnatal growth failure in very-low-birth-weight infants - a randomized, controlled trial

Enhanced feeding improved global motion visual event-related potentials in very low birth weight infants

Kiwifruit decreases blood pressure and whole-blood platelet aggregation in male smokers

Top SNPs affecting carbohydrate metabolism in metabolic syndrome: from the LIPGENE study

A gene variation (rs12691) in the CCAT/enhancer binding protein alpha modulates glucose metabolism in metabolic syndrome

Associations between plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids, plasma stearoyl-CoA desaturase indices and body fat

Cysteine supplementation reverses methionine restriction effects on rat adiposity: significance of stearoyl-coenzyme A desaturase